Inmarsat has actually launched information of its program for London International Shipping Week 2021, the biennial week-long international delivery and also maritime occasion in London, United Kingdom from 13 to 17 September, 2021.
With in-person occasions going back to the maritime schedule, Inmarsat’s LISW2021 schedule is headed by the well-being demands of seafarers in the electronic age and also the duty of turbulent modern technology, at sessions set up for Inmarsat head office at 99 City Road, London on Monday 13 September 2021 and also Tuesday 14September Additional visitors will certainly likewise rate online.
“The past year has been one of the most challenging for the industry in modern times and we must never lose sight of the impact the global pandemic has had on seafarers,” stated Ronald Spithout, President,Inmarsat Maritime “Crew changes, testing, vaccinations and certification are all still live issues, and so is the role digital technology has come to play in their physical and mental health.”
Opened by Andrew Wright, Secretary General, The Mission to Seafarers, the occasion will certainly be chaired by John Adams, Managing Director, V Ships UK. Speakers will certainly consist of Dr Grahaeme Henderson OBE, Chair of Together in Safety; James Muir, Chief Commercial Officer, Ship Management, V Ships; and also Toby Brooks, Deputy Director, Isle of Man Ship Registry.
A different session will certainly be concentrated on a discussion of searchings for from the Inmarsat- funded Welfare 2.0 Research Report, with Nick Chubb, Thetius, recording the effect of modern technology on the health and wellness, wellness and also security of team onboard. Spithout will certainly likewise offer a summary of financial investment situations for team well-being innovations, prospective barriers for uptake and also fundamental effects for delivery.
Four panel sessions are likewise set up, concentrating on the truths of team well-being, electronic methods to increase psychological health and wellness, and also the difficulties and also chances encountering the maritime industry as it looks for to attend to much better well-being arrangement.
The 2nd full-day occasion, set up for 14 September, will certainly concentrate on the duty of modern technology in an interfered with globe and also is readied to include fresh searchings for on digitalisation in the maritime industry based upon Inmarsat study. The day will certainly consist of sessions on self-governing ships and also a Smart Maritime Network shipowner panel. By preferred need, world-leading futurist Gerd Leonhard likewise goes back to Inmarsat’s occasion to provide his newest understandings on turbulent reasoning for the electronic maritime age.
“The ongoing acceleration in maritime digitalisation and Internet of Things in the ‘hopefully soon’ post pandemic era, are representing both challenges and opportunities for the various industry stakeholders,” statedSpithout “As we plan our schedule of in-person events for LISW2021 to discuss these topics, I look forward to welcoming our guests to Inmarsat HQ once more on 13th and 14th of September.”
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